I'm looking to get into, and going to school for web programming. I was wondering what a good place to start was. I'm interested in creating "web 2.0" apps and also cutting edge websites with lots of intergrated functionality such as media, spread sheets, automation of downloads and updating and lots of other things/ideas to make the user experience easer. I was thinking of learning java first but i heard that ist's not a good language to learn first as it is to simplified for learning the basic fundamentals. Any ideas?